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I am interested in seeing how they collected their data. If "25% said they would be using Google+ more often" then that implies that more than 25% of the 2000 t
by Robelius 15y ago
I am interested in seeing how they collected their data. If "25% said they would be using Google+ more often" then that implies that more than 25% of the 2000 teens surveyed have used Google+. That seems a bit to high for me considering out of the 1800 people in my high school only two people(twins, other then myself, have even used Google+. The majority in my school (Yes, gross over generalization)that uses Facebook don't even like it. The only reason they use it is because they wan't to socialize with their friends, but know of no other way to communicate through a network (Sorry MySpace). In other words, the only reason people use Facebook is because everyone uses Facebook. I hope you can see the fallacy in that.
I do see Google+ slowly taking away from Facebook's hold on teenagers, but I cannot see a complete transition from Facebook to Google+ happening. Perhaps a small group of teens that go into the world of Google+ with an exponential growth, similar with MySpace and Facebook. I see the beginning process being similar, but not a complete end of teenagers on Facebook, but rather just a slightly lower activity level as people use both Google+ and Facebook, or solely use the former.
P.S. How did 14-17 year olds even get a hold of a Google+ account when you have to be 18 or older =P
P.S.S. How was this comment. This is my first comment on Hacker News. Hope this was a quality post.
- qq66 15y agoVery good first post on HN. Hope to see more of you here.
- chugger 15y agoThe article is nothing more than Google's anti-Facebook propaganda.
- Robelius 15y agoMost articles, if not all, have a layer of influence from the writer. Even something as simple as a top 10 list includes some bias. The bias exists in what the writer excludes and includes in the article. Even what I'm writing right now has some bias in it. Instead of saying "Even something such as a top 10 list" I said "Even something as simple as a top 10 list".
- resnamen 15y agoAnti-Facebook? More like pro-pageviews!
- Sniffnoy 15y agoAnd yet it's very positive about Facebook's upcoming timeline?
- suivix 15y agoIt is to preserve the plausibility of an unbiased viewpoint.
- Sniffnoy 15y ago> The only reason they use it is because they wan't to socialize with their friends, but know of no other way to communicate through a network (Sorry MySpace). Well, there's plenty of ways to communicate! And plenty of ways to say something publically, too. I think one key thing Facebook has that other (currently well-known) things don't is the area between the two -- ability to write something directed at a specific person, which is also public. Namely, making a post on their wall. I was very surprised to learn Google+ doesn't do this when it was being touted as a replacement for Facebook. IMO, Google+ is actually more like LiveJournal but without threaded comments.
- brfox 15y agoOne of my co-workers said that her high school son, and all his friends, use Google Buzz very frequently. I haven't talked to her since Google just announced they were closing it down, but what is your report "from the trenches" of high school regarding Google Buzz? Does anyone use it? Buzz has a lower age requirement I think.
- bergie 15y agoAlso, Buzz will be closed very soon.